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An interesting confirmation of a troublesome truthAs far as I can tell, it has always been known that we all get on best with people like ourselves. The whole history of tribalism, nationalism and...
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Are American young men nogoodniks?In 2011 Kay Hymowitz wrote an article for the WSJ under the heading "Where Have The Good Men Gone?", which basically said that college-educated American men in their...
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There are TWO elephants in Acemoglu's bedroomWhy are some countries rich while others are poor? The answer to that is not far to seek. With apologies for the army expression, the major...
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Political Correctness Is Destroying the American DreamPeople are defined by their deeds, not their words. And yet, our words both reflect and reinforce cultural norms. In other words, how we...
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Etiquette Versus AnnihilationBy Thomas SowellRecent statements from United Nations officials, that Iran is already blocking their existing efforts to keep track of what is going on in their nuclear...
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Britain: More anti-democratic Leftist elitismTony Blair's dramatic intervention in the election backfired last night after he said the British people could not be trusted to decide if they want to stay...
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Exercise doesn't help muchMedical researchers tend to get very excited even when they detect a very small effect of something. Below is such a case. When everything was controlled for in their...
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Is it a problem that some big companies pay little tax?There has been a big debate about that in both Britain and the USA and it has recently heated up in Australia too. The British have attempted to...
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Why is Northeast Asia poorer than the USA?The statistics make it clear as crystal that IQ is a major determinant of national wealth. Poor countries tend to be dumber, much dumber in some cases. So it...
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It's not poverty after all!The Left's all-purpose explanation won't do for sex crimes. Latest academic findings below. And it's "whole of nation" data, not requiring sampling, which makes the findings...
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The candidate?****************************High Obamacare deductibles actually DEPRIVE people of insuranceThe mantra that progressives used to pass ObamaCare was the constant call for “universal...
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Word of the night: Hillionaire Now that Hillary Clinton has announced her run for president, our word of the night is Hillionaire. What is Hillonaire? A person to who is worth millions of dollars but...
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Ancient Chinese capitalismAn interesting post on Quora by an old China handIf I could only share one thing from China I think it would be the Chinese philosophy of Daoism. A lot of people think that...
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Quick thinkers are born not made: The speed at which we process new information is written in our genesThe journal article for that is: "GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests...
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A summary of a psychopathHillary's numerous and foolish lies are typical of a psychopathHillary Clinton campaigns for the immigrant vote in Iowa:”All my grandparents, you know, came over here [to...
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The Death of the LeftThe thought below is not cheering. The Left hurt a lot of people as their systems implodeThe left is winning, but for the left winning is indistinguishable from dying. The West...
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How the FDA Could Save Thousands of LivesAbout 30,000 Americans suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease—a horrible ailment that causes patients to gradually lose...
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Social co-operationI put up a post recently in which I looked at the now generally accepted sociological finding that social homogeneity promotes interpersonal involvement and trust. Most notably in...
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What Today's American Politics Tells UsBy Alan CarubaThere is something very disquieting occurring in American politics today. Most dramatically, the Democratic Party is offering a candidate who is a...
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FERGUSON Actors Quit Because of the TruthAn email from Phelim McAleer:FERGUSON - The Play Well, it happened. They are trying to shut down the FERGUSON Play.It's with great disappointment that I write...
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